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ARTICLE: From Haitian, French, and New England landscapes, to an array of costumes, textile designs, watercolors, paintings, and collages, the oeuvre of Loïs Mailou Jones fluidly spans genres, styles, mediums, and themes to convey mastery that should be celebrated by the art historical canon - Janelle Monáe, Artists, Scholars, Amplify Legacy Of Loïs Mailou Jones, Recreate The Little Paris Group - via Forbes
EXHIBITION: “Roberts’ collages ask how the structural and material reality of the areas from which they derive affect our cognitive state, how our connection with those surroundings are altered, amplified, or deteriorate. They ask how we learn to live in the shadow of the Anthropocene,” wrote a release by the gallery - Dylan Roberts Visualizes the Contours of Contemporary Society in ‘Dirt Club’ - via Hype Beast
ARTICLE: My 60 Surreal Collages That Combine Past And The Future Into Retro-Futuristic Artwork - via Bored Panda
EXHIBITION: Watercolor, ink and collage mediums are the basis for her improvisational pieces. Her interest in the sea and architecture is evident as subject matter in works that become deeply textural and on the verge of abstraction. These works of and on paper are uniquely in the present and one gets the feeling that the artist has just invented them moments ago - Damariscotta gallery to display artwork by Lincolnville artist - via Central Maine
EXHIBITION: The Museum’s current exhibitions, Nature Made Strange and Cultural Currency, both include a selection of artworks made from collage. Nature Made Strange, an exhibition of surrealist artworks from the Museum’s permanent collection, embraces the unexpected artistic portrayals of wildlife and landscape through the lens of the subconscious, unconscious, and dreams - Going Back to Collage - via Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
ZINE: For all you coffee and/or zine lovers out there, Coffee People Issue 20 is available since March 30, 2023, and includes a couple of collages by Stella Kalaw, a PCC regular - available here
PCC: The catalogue for our Rachid Taha Open Call is finally, finally out and available here
PCC: A selection of challenge submissions from last week is up on our website and can be seen here, the image prompt for next week is available to download here
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